Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2015 | Page 31

a visionary with a contemplative spirit, will provide inspiration, and
become a role model for many.
“Looking back, I feel that from the start, God was quickening my heart
for the task . . . the larger plan that He had . . . to resurrect Lilias,” she says.

“The results need not end with our earthly days. God may use . . . the
things He has wrought in us, for the blessing of souls unknown to us.”
–Lilias Trotter, Parables of the Cross
Perhaps the most exciting part of the project thus far has been the
treasure hunt for missing pieces—including a hasty flight to London in
search of the journals and sketchbooks that Miriam had seen years earlier
in Surrey. Miriam received word that Lilias’ grandnephew had died, and
though she despaired of ever seeing the journals again, the Oxleys made
a quick flight. They located the grandnephew’s son, who invited them in.
Brian himself found two journals high on a dusty shelf, and the son l